Antonio Brown: “I absolutely regret the Facebook Live situation”

Steelers receiver Antonio Brown did his best to apologize and move on today after his bizarre decision to broadcast the Steelers’ postgame locker room on social media on Sunday.

“I absolutely regret the Facebook Live situation,” Brown said. “It’s a total distraction to the organization. A total distraction to my teammates. Obviously disrespect to my coach. I’ve got utmost respect to my coach so I totally regret that.”

Brown said he had hoped to give fans the opportunity to join in with the team’s celebration of its win over the Chiefs.

“I’m human. I make mistakes. But as a man I own up to those mistakes. I was excited in the moment and wanted to give the fans the experience after the game,” Brown said.

Asked if he expects to be disciplined for what he did, Brown answered, “That will be between me and the NFL.”

Asked if he has a contract with Facebook, Brown said, “It’s top secret.”

Brown appeared chastened by the comments of Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who called Brown’s actions “selfish” and “foolish.” And Brown sounded ready to put his focus for the rest of the week on facing the Patriots.

It was stupid, but nowhere near the controversy the media wants to make of it. Bulletin board material my foot! Any team that uses Tomlin’s words as “motivation” has bigger problems to worry about, IMO.

Now this is how you apologize for your actions: in front of cameras and answer questions. No one but the most gullible buys the fake non-apology apologies written by agents and PR teams that are normally released in the player’s name.

Antonio Brown made a mistake, was called out and apologized for his actions. That should no longer be the focus. The focus should be on why the coach who so prominently displays that big gold cross on his chest for millions to see on national TV each week, then says things like he said when he believes the outside world will not hear. Trying to create a positive impression in public then acting like that in private shows a complete lack of integrity. Tomlin’s words were not heinous, that kind of talk goes on all the time. Pushing the cross in everyone’s face, then acting in the opposite manner is hypocritical. Would Tony Dungy speak that way because the cameras were off? Doubtful. #crosspretender

It shows you if you are a great player , you will get a slap on the wrist, if it was the steelers 50 to 53 rd player he would have been cut immediately, or at the very least suspended for the afc championship game!

So after I heard about all this, I went on Antonio Brown’s Facebook page. There was a postgame FB Live broadcast on there from a previous game that had Mike Tomlin talking into the camera. So he may not have been aware he was being filmed during that speech last Sunday, but he can’t claim he didn’t know about this habit.

He is a man….he apologizes when he’s told too……ne also respects his coach so much he didn’t bother listening to a word he said after the game. The way he was looking at himself I don’t think he even had fans in mind……..AB loves him some AB and that’s it!

sherry4002 says:
Jan 18, 2017 6:36 PM
It shows you if you are a great player , you will get a slap on the wrist, if it was the steelers 50 to 53 rd player he would have been cut immediately, or at the very least suspended for the afc championship game!
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Antonio Brown is a brand now, he only plays football for the opportunities that are presented to him outside the locker room. He is probably good for one more big contract, then he will collect his signing bonus, play a couple of years and the retire to “spend more time with his family” and move to Hollywood where “Bidness will be BOOMING!”

It’s not about what Tomlin said. It’s not that AB filmed live in the locker room.

What this IS about, is that he felt quite comfortable in doing so. What this IS about, is that Tomlin simply does NOT have control of his team. He never has. They do what they want. I saw the video. Many players were off, away from Tomlin who had already CALLED them over to make his speech, while no less than 1/3 of the team were comfortable doing their own thing. Control, or lack thereof of your players, manifests itself in many ways. Penalties, poor special teams play, missed opportunities, underperforming in games against sub .500 teams and now, obnoxious social media antics. Edelman hit the nail on the head when he said, “That’s how that team is run”. Oh, and I’m a 40 year Steeler fan. I just happen to be objective and an old school football purist.

of the big three AB is the most replaceable; a FA like Desean jackson would allow the steelers to no longer renogtiate AB’s deal every few years, and be a stopgap while they find a replacement; the steelers are fantastic at identifying, and developing WRs. Tony Brown you are a blockhead.

Brown will play great Sunday. Though I will acknowledge that the Pats secondary has the advantage overall vs the Steelers receiving core, Bell will play a prominent role in the pass game this week too. Who’s gonna cover him? The Steelers thrive in the underdog role and typically stink as the favorite. This could be a classic game.

Unfortunately although I’m a Patriots fan I think we’re looking at a Steelers – Packers SB. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin delivered for Trump. It’s THEIR year. Now these two football teams are staging a similar comeback.